Arab Economic Ministers Stress Continued Support For Palestinians
Arab Ministers of Economy and Trade stressed the
need to continue providing the necessary support to the Palestinian economy in
order to strengthen the steadfastness of the Palestinian people in the face of
the Israeli occupation.
The Arab Economic and Social Council concluded its
104th regular session on Thursday, under the current chairmanship of the
Palestinian Minister of National Economy, Khaled Al-Assaily, in the presence of
Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit.
The ministers called on Arab councils and
organizations to increase support to Palestine and direct part of their
programs for the implementation of relief and development projects that would
mitigate the effects of the Israeli aggression and help the Palestinians
overcome their financial crisis.
They also urged the General Secretariat to resume
technical support programs for the least developed countries, including the
State of Palestine, asking it to work closely with the Arab and International
Labor Organizations and funding institutions to arrange for an international
donor conference in the first half of 2020, with the aim of supporting the
Employment and Social Protection Fund to alleviate poverty and unemployment
rates in Palestine, which have reached unprecedented levels.
The Arab Economy ministers encouraged the Arab
private sector to invest in Palestine, and condemned the Israeli exploitation
of the Palestinian national resources, “which are an inherited right of the
Palestinian people.”
In this regard, they called for the adoption of the
necessary measures, in cooperation with the competent western and international
institutions and the concerned Palestinian authorities to hold the occupation
state accountable for the theft and exploitation of these resources.
